Marlon Investment Co. v. Conner

This case involves the tort liability of an owner of land containing an office building near a public sidewalk, to a person who parked her car on a parking apron in front, as a convenience to visiting a business in an adjacent building, and who was injured when by mistake she walked down a dark, abandoned stairway in front of the owner’s building.

(Hn 1) Mrs. Homer L. Conner, appellee, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Forrest County against appellant, Marlon Investment Company (called Marlon), and W. W. Gammel, doing business as Gammel Music Company. The case was submitted to a jury…